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I figured there's plenty of material for a thread like this. What are some film performances that you think were pretty damn good that didn't get Academy recognition? Here's a few of mine to get things rolling:
Alan Rickman "Die Hard" It's hard for action movies to get any love, so it's easy to see why Rickman's performance got written off as just another suavely evil villain in the style of the Bond franchise. But Rickman did something special, creating a character so memorable and unique that it set the gold standard for action movie villains for the next quarter century as well as eclipsing all his cinematic predecessors. Rickman's Hans Gruber conveyed evil without being cartoonishly sadistic, and was believable as being both a wordly bon vivant and a vicious criminal. You enjoyed watching him work while he was alive but you were also happy that he got his comeuppance in the end.
Val Kilmer "Tombstone" Kilmer's Doc Holliday may have seemed too broadly drawn and comically droll but he only committed the sin that offends the Academy; he was too entertaining. The Oscar people like their performances to fall into serious actor vein, all moody pathos and mumbly rage. But Kilmer's performance as Holliday had what any actor would kill for; a charismatic magnetism that had your full attention in whatever scene he was in. And whenever he was gone you couldn't wait for him to come back, whether it was to spout off clever repartee or fill bad guys with lead, or both.
Alan Rickman "Die Hard" It's hard for action movies to get any love, so it's easy to see why Rickman's performance got written off as just another suavely evil villain in the style of the Bond franchise. But Rickman did something special, creating a character so memorable and unique that it set the gold standard for action movie villains for the next quarter century as well as eclipsing all his cinematic predecessors. Rickman's Hans Gruber conveyed evil without being cartoonishly sadistic, and was believable as being both a wordly bon vivant and a vicious criminal. You enjoyed watching him work while he was alive but you were also happy that he got his comeuppance in the end.
Val Kilmer "Tombstone" Kilmer's Doc Holliday may have seemed too broadly drawn and comically droll but he only committed the sin that offends the Academy; he was too entertaining. The Oscar people like their performances to fall into serious actor vein, all moody pathos and mumbly rage. But Kilmer's performance as Holliday had what any actor would kill for; a charismatic magnetism that had your full attention in whatever scene he was in. And whenever he was gone you couldn't wait for him to come back, whether it was to spout off clever repartee or fill bad guys with lead, or both.
